4wd drivers are morons!

The problem is that its the Image portrayed on 4wders. And some people do believe if they buy a Hilux they will be THE man on the building site.. or able to drive thru walls...

Look at the VW ad, the Xtrail ad, just to name 2, cars jumping around the place which inturn portrays 4wders destroying the place.. It all washes down onto general 4x4 people.

I could imagine taking a $100k Toureg and flying at 100kph, off a jump, taking it back in for warranty with bent front end and seeing your chances of warranty. Its all crap.

Any advertising these days is about IMAGE.. They show you little or nothing of the product.. If you dont believe me, find one of the 1960-70's Holden/Ford/etc ads, they actually SHOWED you the car, its features etc. Sometimes with any ads these days, after the ad, it leaves you wondering what you were just looking at an ad for..

The XTrail advertising is aimed at the lower intelligence.. People who believe you will be all that and so kewl cause you drive an Xtrail need be removed from the Gene pool. Flying along the beach with the big bow wave, etc.. it would cause your car to rust to pieces with the tin they make cars out of now

And as for Steve irwin, I would give anything for a croc to delete him from the Gene pool.. Him advertising anything is enough for me not to buy it.

At least the Landrover ads with Les Hiddens in them showed something of what the car can do..

Truckster,
Even the Les Hiddens ad could be potentially dangerous because the image shown in one of his ads was that 4WDing is so easy - all you do is press a button and you can cross any river ragging torent of a river with ease. The image shown in ads that 4WDs can do anything with any mug behind the wheel has something to be answered for when you consider the recent fatality in south WA on a river crossing. Is it possible that other people will go across rivers believing they are invincible. Shouldn't we portray that there is some skill involved in mastering obstacles.
Food for thought...ExplorOz

Showing your age there Mal.Regards Bob
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So am i for knowing what a farthing is.Regards Bob
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maybe a florin or a guinea so theres a few older ones amonst us
steve imagine a 03 gu 4.2tdin the picture
as i am having trouble sizing the picture

Is that 24 pence and twent one shillings?
Aaarrgghhhh!!! I *am* old enough to remember.

I have often wondered who actually puyt these denominations together before decimal. One very sick puppy I think.

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However a great number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.

im always getting told off for farthing!!!!

oh i reread the post oops1999 NISSAN NAVARA DUALCAB
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Just a follow on to my previous reply.

Below is a copy of my email I sent. Can everyone tell me if I am off the mark in my comments or are they indeed valid comments.

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Good afternoon,

Please accept what I am about to say as purely my opinion only and also as "constructive criticism"

I have just read the latest 4WD XXXX, and to be honest, I do not feel that some of the pictures in some stories, portray 4WDers in general in a good light.

Example: in the story XXXXX XXXXX, there is pictures of the owner doing fairly hard turns in the sand, driving through the waters edge, "jumping" his vehicle over the top of a sand dune and spinning his wheels in what is probably a creek.

Now I know and acknowledge that this sort of thing happens, but wouldn't it be more responsible journalism if this sort of thing was done on private property such as a 4WD Park, instead of on public land. ( I have assumed from the photo's that this is public land and will happily stand corrected if you could prove it wasn't)

If you have to photograph these vehicles on public land, maybe the photos should be a little bit more conservative, but if you want to make the story a bit more interesting, then find some private property and place a disclaimer in the story.

4WDers as such have a bad enough reputation of being environmental rapists as it is, and some of these types of photo's really are not helping that image.

I know that you will probably point out that this magazine is bought by 4WD enthusiasts, but I feel that those types of photos could be used by some of the "greenie movements" to their advantage and be shown out of context, not to mention that various government departments could use some of these images to lock us out of even more public land.

I feel that magazines such as yours have a right to cater to the enthusiasts but at the same time, you have a responsibility to portray us in the right manner to the general public that do not understand our interests and hobbies.

Anyway, as I said, these are my thoughts only and are meant as constructive criticisism.

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goodday michelle
be interesting to have a copy of what you said and whats printed as from what i have seen the journos seem to be able to twist around a mundane story into anything they want to say (not saying this is mundane its important)but media is media

steveimagine a 03 gu 4.2tdin the picture
as i am having trouble sizing the picture

Actually at the end of the interview I did ask to be mailed a copy of the mag - and she agreed. So, I'll scan it and post it in the Press Release section when I get my hands on it.ExplorOz

G'day Wombat, I don't know, your the expert. Maybe a warning label saying that consumpyion of this product and cigarettes may be harmful to your health.
In baby talk of course.ne cede malis

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